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Dominic Raab says 'inconceivable' for no social distancing at schools as leading head gives earliest 'realistic' reopening date

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Many parents and children are asking when schools will re-open as the UK enters the sixth week of its lockdown tomorrow to slow down the spread of coronavirus.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme this morning that it was "inconceivable" that schools would re-open without measures in place to stop the spread of the disease, but said ministers were looking to ease restrictions on outdoor activities.

He said the government would be led by the scientists. Mr Raab, who has been standing in for Prime Minister Boris Johnson while he recuperates after being seriously ill in intensive care with coronavirus, said people will have to get used to a “new normal”. “We won’t just have this binary easing up of measures.

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